I am a pearl kind of girl. Gemstones are lovely, but so… sparkly. And rocky. I like the mellow sheen of pearls, the subtle colors, the way they absorb body heat and seem to be alive when you handle them, and the fact that they come out of the water–I am a water sign, a [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Pearls
Posted in collections on January 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Zimmermania… and Whiskey
Posted in knit, knitting, yarn on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Funny that Teeni should tell me to knit a blankie for Pudding… I started one the day I got her, but she has shown such a disdain for all bedding that I gave up. She far prefers to cuddle up on the carpet under the sofa. Anyway, I have finally managed to buck my months-long [...]
Winter blooms
Posted in life on January 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am in big trouble. Yesterday when I woke up, I opened my bedroom door and… Pudding wasn’t there waiting for me. I walked all over the house calling her. She wasn’t curled up on my chair in the study, she wasn’t under the sofa, she wasn’t in her bed, she wasn’t climbing the shower [...]
Mediterranean feast
Posted in food on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Wil asks, Nihongo ga wakarimasu ka?
No, I don’t understand Japanese. My major professor put a strict kibosh on learning languages that require non-Latin scripts, because one wastes so much time learning them. Thus, no Japanese, no Chinese, no Russian or Arabic or Hebrew or Greek. I did French and Italian for proficiency, and Swahili for [...]
We’re all made of stars
Posted in crafts on January 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Several months ago, Futuregirl posted about Lucky Stars. I’ve always had a soft spot for origami, especially the easy kind that one can get right on the first try and especially the kind that has some kind of special use or “meaning” in it. I have made several complicated kusudama, which adorned my many dormitory [...]
Tameshigiri (cutting practice)
Posted in life on January 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Household Tips meme
Posted in life on January 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Mmmm, Paris Pink. I took this picture on Sunday, when the sunlight was making the color just glow. The picture is, of course, not nearly as good.
Teeni tagged me for the Household Tips meme! Okay boys and girls, hold on to your hakama, because these are going to be… Japanese swordplay household tips.
1) Keep your [...]
Ryan’s Salmon
Posted in food on January 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Whew. That was quite a thing! I posted from home, sick, on Wednesday of last week. I was also out sick Thursday and Friday, then didn’t stir from home all weekend, and have spent this past week grossing out my co-workers with racking coughs and Olympic-quality nose blowing. On Thursday evening I finally hit the [...]
Sick day
Posted in food, life on January 9, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Ugh. I thick. I tried to go to work this morning and lasted ten minutes. I had to come home and spend the day here…
Tissues, Chloraseptic, laptop, and cat–all check. I was set for the day. Except that one is supposed to “stuff a cold,” which I eventually found it necessary to do.
Fortunately, I happened [...]
Twelfth Night
Posted in food, holidays, knit, knitting, life on January 6, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Goodness. So much to catch up on here, dears. It is Twelfth Day, so it is high time to finish out all of the holiday blogging and buckle back down to business.
First of all, on Christmas Eve, as soon as I had finished the Monkey Socks I cast on for a new pair, using some [...]
Third helpings of Pudding
Posted in life on January 1, 2008 | 9 Comments »
You know that this isn’t going to turn into a cat blog, right? You understand that it’s just those first heady days of love, right? Right. Good. Now: more Pudding!
As of last night, Pudding is officialy Out. She doesn’t like to hang out in the utility room anymore… now she prefers to stay under the [...]



